org/objectweb/proactive/core/group/Group.java

/* 
 * ################################################################
 * 
 * ProActive: The Java(TM) library for Parallel, Distributed, 
 *            Concurrent computing with Security and Mobility
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 1997-2007 INRIA/University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
 * Contact: proactive@objectweb.org
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
 * USA
 *  
 *  Initial developer(s):               The ProActive Team
 *                        http://www.inria.fr/oasis/ProActive/contacts.html
 *  Contributor(s): 
 * 
 * ################################################################
 */ 
package org.objectweb.proactive.core.group;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;
import java.util.Set;


public interface Group<E> extends List<E> {

    public Class getType() throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;

    public String getTypeName();

    public Object getGroupByType();

    public E get(int index);

    public void addMerge(Object ogroup);

    public E remove(int index);

    public int indexOf(Object obj);

    public ListIterator<E> listIterator();

    public void waitAll();

    public void waitOne();

    public void waitTheNth(int n);

    public void waitN(int n);

    public Object waitAndGetOne();

    public Object waitAndGetOneThenRemoveIt();

    public Object waitAndGetTheNth(int n);

    public int waitOneAndGetIndex();

    public boolean allAwaited();

    public boolean allArrived();

    public ExceptionListException getExceptionList();

    public void purgeExceptionAndNull();

    public void setRatioMemberToThread(int i);

    public Group union(Group g);

    public Group intersection(Group g);

    public Group difference(Group g);

    public Group exclude(Group g);

    public Group range(int begin, int end);

    // Map class style methods

    public boolean containsKey(String key);

    public boolean containsValue(Object value);

    public Object getNamedElement(String key);

    public Object removeNamedElement(String key);

    public void addNamedElement(String key, Object value);

    public Set keySet();
}

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